[MV] Unleaded gas additives in service for 10 years in L-134 engine
Brent McClearen (brent@multipro.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:05:26 -0600
I have used a lead additive called "instead-o-lead" and a CD-2 lead additive
for about 10 years in my restored CJ-2A with the original L-134 flathead.
When I got the jeep, all I did to the engine was grind the valves and
install new valve guides, new fuel pump and rebuilt carb. In that period of
10 years I have put about 20,000 miles on the jeep in all sorts of stressful
climates and sporadic periods of storage lasting one to 4 months. It does
not smoke or miss, or use oil. The jeep has never missed a lick, always
starts in the first one or two trys, and runs like a rabid dog. I suppose I
would have to believe it has, at a minimum, hurt nothing, and perhaps
prolonged the life of the engine. Who really can tell? All I know is that
for the small cost of the additive, I think it has helped.
To each his own, but if I'm gonna spend my time and money to fix up an old
vehicle, I'm not gonna take a chance on frying my engine.
Good luck, and keep 'em rolling....
Brent
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